§ Mr.Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish in the Official Report the stat 590W istics of crimes of violence in each of the London boroughs in 1977 and 1978.
§ Dr.SummerskillI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the only information readily available is that given below:
OFFENCES OF ASSAULT, ETC.* RECORDED BY METROPOLITAN POLICE DIVISIONS WITHIN THE AREA OF THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL†. BY BOROUGH, 1977. London borough Number of offences Barking … … 228 Barnet … … 328 Bexley … … 199 Brent … … 494 Bromley … … 293 Camden … … 527 Croydon … … 370 Ealing … … 466 Enfield … … 244 Greenwich … … 375 Hackney … … 523 Hammersmith … … 588 Haringey … … 424 Harrow … … 241 Havering … … 204 Hillingdont … … 196 Hounslowt … … 257 Islington … … 483 Kensington and Chelsea … … 692 Kingston upon Thames … … 137 Lambeth … … 802 Lewisham … … 471 Merton … … 164 Newham … … 523 Redbridge … … 267 Richmond … … 167 Southwark … … 621 Sutton … … 147 Tower Hamlets … … 524 Wandsworth … … 556 Waltham Forest … … 258 Westminster … … 1,246 Total† … … 13,015 * Covering nearly all indictable offences of violence against the person and certain sexual offences involving violence. † Excluding offences recorded by Thames division and the Heathrow sub-division, which cannot be allocated accurately to a particular London borough.